(19)
(11) EP 1 025 875 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/12

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/32

(21) Application number: 00300867.9

(22) Date of filing: 03.02.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61M 16/06, A61M 16/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 04.02.1999 JP 2773499

(71) Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
Osaka-shi Osaka 541-0054 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Dunhao, Chen, c/o Teijin Limited
    Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi 740-0014 (JP)
  • Imai, Ken, c/o Teijin Limited
    Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0065 (JP)
  • Tao, Shinichi, c/o Teijin Limited
    Hino-shi, Tokyo 191-0065 (JP)

(74) Representative: Carpmael, John William Maurice 
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London, WC1A 2RA
London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

   


(54) Nasal resuscitator mask


(57) A nasal mask (10) for use with a system for supplying air with a therapeutic gas to the airways of a patient includes a mask shell (12) which is adapted to be put over the nose of the patient using the nasal mask (10); an air inlet port (18) through which air is supplied from an air source (24); an exhaust port (20), provided in the mask shell (12), for discharging the exhalation gas to atmosphere; and a therapeutic gas inlet port (22), provided on the mask shell (12) adjacent to the exhaust port (20). The therapeutic gas port (22) is fluidly connected to a therapeutic gas source (26) which supplies a therapeutic gas at a constant flow rate. The therapeutic gas port (22) is oriented toward a portion of the inside volume of the nasal mask (10) over the nose of the face of the patient using the nasal mask (10).






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